Class, Inequality and Community Development

doi:10.46692/9781447322481

This book, the second title in the Rethinking Community Development series, argues for the centrality of class analysis and its associated divisions of power to any discussion of the potential benefits of community development.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
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Series editors’ preface
pp ix-ix
- By Mae Shaw, Rosie R. Meade, Sarah Banks
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Acknowledgements
pp x-x
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Notes on contributors
pp xi-xviii
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PART 1 - Contested concepts of class, past and present
pp 1-2
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One - Class, inequality and community development: editorial introduction
pp 3-22
- By Mae Shaw, Marjorie Mayo
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Two - Competing concepts of class: implications and applications for community development
pp 23-38
- By Lorraine C. Minnite, Frances Fox Piven
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Three - Community development in the UK: whatever happened to class? A historical analysis
pp 39-56
- By Gary Craig
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PART 2 - Class, inequality and community development in context
pp 57-58
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Four - Working-class communities and ecology: reframing environmental justice around the Ilva steel plant in Taranto (Apulia, Italy)
pp 59-76
- By Stefania Barca, Emanuele Leonardi
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Five - Race, class and green jobs in low-income communities in the US: challenges for community development
pp 77-92
- By Sekou Franklin
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Six - Community development practice in India: Interrogating caste and common sense
pp 93-106
- By Mohd. Shahid, Manish K. Jha
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Seven - The impact of gender, race and class on women’s political participation in post-apartheid South Africa: challenges for community development
pp 107-120
- By Janine Hicks, Sithembiso Myeni
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Eight - What happens when community organisers move into government? Recent experience in Bolivia
pp 121-136
- By Mike Geddes
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Nine - Community development: (un)fulfilled hopes for social equality in Poland
pp 137-152
- By Anna Bilon, Ewa Kurantowicz, Monika Noworolnik-Mastalska
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Ten - Rural–urban alliances for community development through land reform from below
pp 153-168
- By María Elena Martínez-Torres, Frederico Daia Firmiano
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PART 3 - Reconnecting class and inequality through community development
pp 169-170
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Eleven - Reconciling participation and power in international development: a case study
pp 171-188
- By Kate Newman
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Twelve - Transformative education and community development: sharing learning to challenge inequality
pp 189-204
- By Anindita Adhikari, Peter Taylor
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Thirteen - Community development and class in the context of an East Asian productivist welfare regime
pp 205-218
- By Kwok-kin Fung
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Fourteen - Community organising for social change: the scope for class politics
pp 219-234
- By Marilyn Taylor, Mandy Wilson
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Concluding chapter: Community unionism: looking backwards, looking forwards
pp 235-250
- By Marjorie Mayo, Pilgrim Tucker, Mat Danaher
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Index
pp 251-260
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Series editors’ preface
pp ix-ix

Acknowledgements
pp x-x

Notes on contributors
pp xi-xviii

PART 1 - Contested concepts of class, past and present
pp 1-2

One - Class, inequality and community development: editorial introduction
pp 3-22

Two - Competing concepts of class: implications and applications for community development
pp 23-38

Three - Community development in the UK: whatever happened to class? A historical analysis
pp 39-56

PART 2 - Class, inequality and community development in context
pp 57-58

Four - Working-class communities and ecology: reframing environmental justice around the Ilva steel plant in Taranto (Apulia, Italy)
pp 59-76

Five - Race, class and green jobs in low-income communities in the US: challenges for community development
pp 77-92

Six - Community development practice in India: Interrogating caste and common sense
pp 93-106

Seven - The impact of gender, race and class on women’s political participation in post-apartheid South Africa: challenges for community development
pp 107-120

Eight - What happens when community organisers move into government? Recent experience in Bolivia
pp 121-136

Nine - Community development: (un)fulfilled hopes for social equality in Poland
pp 137-152

Ten - Rural–urban alliances for community development through land reform from below
pp 153-168

PART 3 - Reconnecting class and inequality through community development
pp 169-170

Eleven - Reconciling participation and power in international development: a case study
pp 171-188

Twelve - Transformative education and community development: sharing learning to challenge inequality
pp 189-204

Thirteen - Community development and class in the context of an East Asian productivist welfare regime
pp 205-218

Fourteen - Community organising for social change: the scope for class politics
pp 219-234

Concluding chapter: Community unionism: looking backwards, looking forwards
pp 235-250

Index
pp 251-260

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